With fellow keeper Thibaut Courtois also moving to the Bernabeu in the summer, and incumbent Keylor Navas being picked by Julen Lopetegui for Real's first two league games, Lunin was in competition with Luca Zidane to be the third-choice keeper.

Now, the Ukraine international heads to the Estadio Municipal de Butarque with an eye on gaining some first-team experience in Spain.